Which fighter faced the most number of very durable opponents?

Mendoza · Apr 2, 2008

SuzieQ49 said:

Vitali wasnt a great heavyweight. isnt this thread for great heavyweights only?
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The thread says,

Which fighter faced the most number of very durable opponents?
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Vitali belongs in the conversation, and I think he rates well.

ChrisPontius · Apr 2, 2008

Mendoza said:

You might want to look at Vitali Klitschko. A while back there was a thread on which punchers stopped the most guys late, and Vitali was on topover Tyson, Lewis, Tua, Marciano, Jeffries, and Dempsey.

Vitlai Klitschko also stopped many hard to TKO/KO Opponents.

Among them are:

Kirk Johnson Vitali was the only man to stop him

Larry Donald Vitali was the only man to stop him

Vaugh Bean Vitlai was the only man to stop him

Ross Purrity Stopped twice in his first 5 fights, then went 41 fights in a row without being stopped vs an army of big punchers, before Vitlai Stopped him.

Others to consider: Hoffman ( for sure ), Sullivan, Lewis, Byrd ( for sure ), Norris, and Williams were rarely stopped and all fought some big punchers. Vitali took out 3 of 6 here.

Total 7 of 11 or 63.6%

Or if you just want to add in Hoffman and Byrd its 4 of 6 or 66.6%
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Yes, and i would include Hoffman. He has a **** defence and aweful boxing skills, but he's durable as hell.

Byrd could be argued.

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